Memento Mori and Vacant Nests series included. The exquisite natural form of birds and the fine detail of their anatomy inspired me to record these images. An abstract quality emerges when viewed up close. Following the 2014 Vacant Nests series, I made more images but with a different intent—to confront death as a universal creaturely experience. I hesitated and put these pictures aside. 2021 was the time to look directly and reckon with our fragility.